West to East Earthquake Rattles Canada and U S
Montreal felt a minor earthquake lasting forty five seconds on June two, shaking from east to west across Quebec and Ontario with no damage reported. In other notes, Huntington of New York says Western business conditions outpace California in grain failures there.
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New York
Collis P. Huntington
California
Montreal
Quebec
Ontario
Duluth
Spokane
N. D. Moore
Pontiac
James E. Morrow
National Bank
Washington
Sir Henry Strong
Canada
Peru
Victor McCord
Hartford City
Ind
James B. Thompson
Anderson
Congress
Milwaukee
Wis
Sutherland
St. Joseph
Charles E. Cochran
Savannah
Clinton
Susan Schanon
J. A
J. C. Schmoll
Charles Clark
Boston
Mass
Estes & Lauriat
Sioux City
Trade and Labor Assembly
Kenosha
S. M. Inglis
Illinois
Pennoyer Sanitarium
Rock Island
Geo. W. Prince
San Francisco
Cal
Moana
Australia
Marshalltown
George C. van Vieck
Marshall County
Kewanee
John Wentworth
Henry County
Dubuque
Iowa Iron Works
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Delaware River
Dayton, O
Peters & Burns
Danville
United States
Thomas Wallace Keene
Smith Infirmary
Staten Island
Key West
Fla
Pedro
Havana
Naval Board
McKinley
Oscar S. Straus
Turkey
City Roses
Seaman
Hutchinson
Kan
Bay City
Mich
F. W. Wheeler Company
West Bay City
Bessemer Steamship Company
Cleveland
Thomas W. Keene
St. Louis and Big Muddy Company
Stanton
Army
Philippines
Adolph Sutro
Pittsburg
Socialist Labor Party
J. M. Barnes
Des Moines Tax Books Footing Reflects New Valuation Law
Deputy County Auditor Parker completed footing the 1893 tax books. Realty unchanged except for new buildings. Personal tax assessment shows a large overall drop of 772060 with 566568 lost to Des Moines, while monies and credits rise 321031 under the new cash value system.
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Des Moines
Parker
Funeral of Gov Carpenter in Fort Dover
The funeral of Ex Gov Carpenter was held yesterday in Fort Dover with offices closed and the entire population attending. Ministers led services and speakers included Hon John F Duncombe Capt J A O Yeoman Ex Governor Cue and Governor Shaw. Thousands viewed the deceased after the ceremony.
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Fort Dover
Carpenter
John F. Duncombe
J. A
Yeoman
Cue
Shaw
A Bad Man Arrested in Connection With Attempted Murder
Marshalltown reports City Marshal Jones returned from Ottumwa with Jim Todd alias Burton in custody. Todd was wanted for the attempt to murder Frank Wells after a dispute over a woman. Wells was slashed in the throat. Todd bears a back wound and lung injury from a separate affray.
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Marshalltown
Jones
Ottumwa
Jim Todd
Burton
Frank Wells
Todd
Wells
Populist State Convention Nominates Ticket in Des Moines
The Des Moines populist state convention on June 3 nominated a full ticket for state offices including R. M. Daniels for secretary of state from Warren county, A. C. Wicks auditor from Decatur, A. M. Hutchins treasurer from Pottawattamie, L. H. Weller supreme judge from Chickasaw, J. A. Lowenberg attorney general from Wapello, Joseph Ash railroad commissioner from Polk, and Allie Reed clerk of the supreme court from Muscatine.
Fifty-first Iowa Volunteers Ordered to Philippines
Des Moines June 3 The Fifty-first Iowa volunteers formerly the Third Regiment National Guard will sail to the Philippines. Colonel Lopez has orders to report to General Merritt in San Francisco and the unit will probably start tomorrow.
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Des Moines
Iowa
National Guard
Philippines
Lopez
Merritt
San Francisco
Farmer's Wife Ends Life in Barn Near Parkersburg
Parkersburg area report states farmer Fred Bohn found his wife missing at dinner. Her body was later found hanging in the barn from a halter. Inquest verdict cites death by self action during temporary insanity amid a reportedly happy family life.
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Parkersburg
Fred Bohn
Bohn
Four Men Fatally Struck In Midwest Rail Collision
Cepar Rapids June 3 In a head end crash on the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad at Norway two engines were demolished and four trainmen injured. The switch was left open and the passenger collided with the freight. Engineers Spaulding Will Smith and firemen Calvin Spaulding Will Hobson were severely hurt with Hobson likely to die while the others are expected to recover.
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Cepar Rapids
Chicago & Northwestern
Norway
Spaulding
Calvin Spaulding
Will Smith
Will Hobson
Hobson
Fire Destroyed Waterloo Furniture Omnibus Plants
A large fire at Waterloo early June 5 gutted Beck Nauman Watts furniture factory the omnibus and wagonette works and Cascaden foundry. Losses total about 50000 with Beck Nauman Watts at 33000 and Cascaden enterprises suffering 12500 in direct damage plus tools and materials. Workers lost their tools and jobs as the plants burned.
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Waterloo
Beck, Nauman & Watts
Waterloo Omnibus and Wagonette Manufacturing Company
Cascaden Foundry
Thomas Cascaden, Sr
Omnibus Factory
Thomas Cascaden, Jr
Iowa's Second Call Issued For 1968 Troops
Des Moines June 4 Governor Shaw issued a call for 1968 Iowa volunteers under the president's second enlistment request. The counties are allocated totals based on prior muster rolls and existing enlistments, with reductions for counties that have already met or exceeded their quota.
Arsenic Found In Stomach Of Edward Hughes
Mrs. Edward Hughes was arrested in Mason City on suspicion of murdering her husband. He died April 7 apparently of heart failure. Insurance totaling 3,000 dollars was paid. The body was exhumed May 26 and arsenic was detected in the stomach. Bond posted at 2,000 dollars. Evidence withheld by authorities.
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Edward Hughes
Mason City
Hughes
Haynes
Chicago
Burglars Rob Hardware Store Safe in Lemnon
Burglars entered H. W. Ross hardware store in Lemnon on June 5 and blew open the safe. They secured between 800 and 900 dollars and a bunch of blank postal orders. The safe was wrecked using drills and braces from a nearby blacksmith shop.
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Lemnon
H. W. Ross
General Lincoln Assigned to Fourth Corps in Mobile
Orders from Adjutant General Corbin assign Brigadier General James Rush Lincoln to the Fourth corps stationed in Mobile Alabama.
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Lincoln
Mobile
Des Marxes
Corbin
James Rush Lincoln
Fourth Corps
Ala
Iowa Regiments to be Recruited for 75 000 Call
The old Third and Fifty first regiments are mustered for Uncle Sam on Memorial Day totaling 834 in the Fifty first. Gov Shaw to recruit four Iowa regiments with county adjacency to fill field companies. Recruiting officers chosen from each regiment and enlistment rules set to maximize state co mposition. Des Moines says the president will apply enough of the second call to fill in-state units to maximum.
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Volunteers
Uncle Sam
Shaw
Iowa
War Department
Des Moines
Corbin
Secretary of War
American Fleet Bombards Santiago Forts and Battles Spanish Warships
Reports from Havana and Port au Prince say the American squadron led by Rear Admiral Sampson bombarded Morro Castle La Zecapa and Punta Gorda near Santiago de Cuba from 2:00 to 3:45 pm. The action involved heavy cannonade against forts and harbor defenses with Spanish ships engaging. Casualty figures are unconfirmed with authorities silent on numbers. Washington reports Kingston rumors of a battle in the harbor, but naval officials doubt Schley's attempt to force the harbor now.
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Haytien
Hayti
Havana
Santiago de Cuba
Morro Castle
Punta la Zecapa
Punta Carda
Port Au Prince
New York
Sampson
la Zecapa
Punta Gorda
Washington
Kingston
Jamaica
Santiago Harbor
Schley
Schley Locates Batteries at Santiago In Probe
Port Antonio June 3 The Dandy brings full advices on the bombardment of Santiago forts The aim was to locate batteries on the hill above the harbor and map Spanish fort positions The Massachusetts Iowa New Orleans and Vixen joined the American squadron which fired on the batteries and Christobal Colon while passing the harbor twice Commodore Schley satisfied with the mission having located the batteries and assessed damage
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Schley
Santiago
Port Antonio
Associated Press
Dandy
Massachusetts
Iowa
New Orleans
Christobal Colon
Forward Movement from Mobile Begins
The Fourth army corps starts advancing from Monier Alabama with the Second cavalry first, then the Third Infantry and Twentieth Infantry. Troops are jubilant and eager to meet the enemy, with many believing the expedition heads to Porto Rico.
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Monier
Ala
Mobile
Fourth Army
Porto Rico
Fortified Santiago Submerged by Spanish Batteries
Port Antonio Jamaica June 4 An AP correspondent aboard Schleys flagship Brooklyn reports Santiago is strongly fortified with modern guns of English or French make. Smokeless powder hinders locating batteries and dislodging them will require a heavy bombardment to defeat the Spanish fleet.
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Port Antonio
Jamaica
Associated Press
Schley
Brooklyn
Santiago
Schley Reports Santiago Fight At Cabinet Meeting
Commodore Schley presented his official report on the Santiago engagement. He states he has no doubt Cervera’s fleet is inside the harbor and that his firing aimed to develop enemy batteries and was satisfactory. No ships were hit and no casualties occurred on our side.
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Schley
Wasui Inchon
Santiago
Ile
Cervera
Burned at the stake in public vigil near Shreveport
In Daylon, eighteen miles from Shreveport, William Street a Black man who confessed to attempting to ruin and murder a white woman was burned at the stake before about a thousand spectators.
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Suneverport
Daylone
Shreveport
Great Conflagration in India and London Auction Record
A fire in Teshawler, India, that raged twenty four hours destroyed 4000 houses and caused around 20 million dollars in damage, described as India's record fire. London sold the Balaklava charge bugle at auction for 3935 dollars. Pekin has only two gaslights and three kerosene lamps, lighting near the Russian embassy and Russo Chinese bank. A Sandusky quarrel ended fatally when Frank Trotter set dynamite on his chest and blew himself up.
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India
Bombay
Teshawler
Light Brigade
Balaklava
London
Pekin
China
Frank Trotter
Sandusky
Ohio
Brave Merrimac Crew Daring Sinks Spanish Harbor Barrier
Port Antonio Jamaica reports a bold action by eight American sailors led by Lieutenant Richmond Hobson. They sank the collier Merrimac under Morro Battery, closing the harbor entrance to Spain’s squadron, as a steam launch watched and later the crew surrendered. Cadet J W Powell remained with the flagship New York.
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Port Antonio
Jamaica
Kingdom of Spain
Cervera
Merrimae
Washington
Richmond P. Hobson
Annapolis Academy
Brooklyn
Daniel Montague
George Charettee
JE. Murphy
Oscar Deignan
John P. Phillips
John Kelley
New York
J. W. Powell
Powell
Howson
Hobson
Merrimac Sinks to Block Santiago Channel
Heroic sailors aboard the vessel Merrimac under Lt Hobson closed the Santiago harbor channel by sinking the collier Mer rimac amid Spanish fire. Four thousand volunteers answered Sampson's call for near-certain death as the ship entered the channel and exploded, sealing the inlet.
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Associated Press
Dauntless
Santiagro
Cuba
Kingston
Sampson
Santiago
Merrimac
Hobson
Cervera
Battle off Hayti Involving Spanish and American Warships
Reports from Mole St Nicholas say a combat occurred Saturday far off Hayti between three Spanish warships and four American vessels. The Americans withdrew. ships' names are unconfirmed, likely scouts. Jean Rabel is a small seaport with no telegraph. It may have involved Vanguard Cadiz fleet elements.
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Cave Haytiex
Hayti
Mole St. Nicholas
Jean Rabel
Cadiz
Americans Sink Spanish Torpedo Boat Destroyer Terror
A Port Antonio dispatch reports the Spanish torpedo boat destroyer Terror was sunk by the Americans after departing Fort de France. The note suggests the vessel may be confused with her sister destroyer Furor, with Madrid dispatches supporting the possibility of misidentification.
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Kixeston
Jamaica
Port Antonio
Santiago
Madrid
Fort de France
Porto Rican
Fifty-First Iowa Volunteers Sail to Manila Route
The Fifty-first Iowa volunteers departed yesterday from Des Moines for San Francisco. From there they are expected to embark for Manila to join overseas duties.
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Vitty
Des Mores
Lowa
San Francisco
Manila
Bryan urged to lead Nebraska infant ry volunteers
Brief items note W. J. Bryan may become a colonel of a Nebraska volunteer regiment. The secretary of war authorizes Nebraska to raise a regiment under the current call, per the governor's request. A Washington dispatch mentions annexation moves on Hawaii with presidential power cited.
Torpedo Boats Fight off Spanish Torpedo Attack
Spanish torpedo boats attempted to attack the American fleet at Port Antonio Jamaica, but were sighted by Captain Philip of the Texas. The Texas and Brooklyn fired, forcing the Spaniards to retreat under cover of darkness with no confirmed damage to the Americans.
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Bat
New York
Port Antonio
Jamaica
Sek
Philip
Texas
Castle Morro
Mountain
Bar
Brooklyn
Eall
Cervera
Brerlyn
Plan of Campaign Officially Made Public for Full Time
Washington June 3 for the first time since the war began an official statement of the plan of campaign was transmitted by Secretary Alger to the speaker of the house. The plan calls for 70 000 men to Cuba at once 20 000 immediately the rest as ready. An electrical communications system is to be established with the army in Cuba Puerto Rico and the Philippines. The plan signals an intention to land troops in Porto Rico and the Philippines and to have them operate in military occupation.
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Alger
Washington
United State
Spoaker
House
Ludlow
War Department
Cuba
Rico
Philippines
Porto
Porto Rico
United States
Help for Cervera Near Santiago de Cuba
Kingston dispatch reports a Spanish Cadiz squadron, sixteen ships, sailing toward Santiago de Cuba to reinforce Cervera. The June 4 message cites Port Antonio as the source via Associated Press, but exact date and ship details are not specified.
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Gibraltar
Cadiz Squadre
Kineston
Jamaica
Associated
Port Antonio
Santiago de Cub
Cervera
Cadiz Squadron Near Cuba Dispatch From Gibraltar
A Gibraltar dispatch says the Cadiz reserve squadron is a week out and bound for Cuba. Fishermen near St Pierre Martinique report ten vessels NW of the island, thought to be the Cadiz fleet. Valparaiso reports dispatch of troops and naval preparations as government signals readiness for cruisers at a moment's notice.
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Gibraltar
London
Daily Telegraph
Cadiz
Cuba
St. Piere
Martinique
Valparaiso
Tol
Sandy Point
Activ
South Steamship Company
Death of Captain Gridley on Manila voyage reported
Advices from Kobe announce the death of Captain Gridley commander of the cruiser Olympia on the flagship during the Manila battle voyage home after sustaining slight injuries. Also noted are varied local items including harvests and a police chase in Tallahassee with a confrontation.
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Manila
Washington
Kobe
Japan
Gridley
Olympia
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